Epstein Secrets

ol. While there he began tutoring the son of Bear Stearns chairman Ace Greenberg and was friendly with a daugh- ter of Greenberg's. Soon he went to Bear Stearns. where. under the mentorship of both Greenberg and current Bear Stearns C.E.O. James Cayne. he did well enough to become a limited partner—a rung

lving a civil business case in Philadelphia. In 1981 the S.E.C.'s Jonathan Harris and Robert Blackburn took Epstein's testimony and that of other Bear Steams employees in part of what became a protracted case about insider trading around a tender of placed on March II. 1981. by the Seagram Company Ltd.

d a good and substantial and meaningful lik:' he says. In the meantime. howe.a. there's a wed- ding to plan. Jeffrey Epstein co‘rtst to room nor los Bear Stearns and other firms. Epstein resigned from Bear Steams on March 12. The S.E.C. was tipped otT that Epstein had information on insider trading at Bear

d rumor swirl around Epstein. Here are some of the hard facts about Epstein—ones that he doesn't mind people knowing: He—grew Lip middle-class in Brcoklyn. His father worked for the city's '3 4 ,.C2t 2003 parks department. His parents viewed educa- tion as "the way out" for him and his young- er bro

e my friend Ace Greenberg a call." Epstein was in many respects the perfect candidate for Greenberg's consideration. Greenberg, a senior partner at Bear Stearns at the time and a legendary trader in his own right, has long made it dear that it's the hungry, brilliant guys lacking the fancy degrees that he fa

y Committee at Harvard. His philanthropic affiliations include both the Wexner Foundation and The COUQ Foundation. Mr. Epstein started his career at Bear Steams with an educational background in physics. He was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Institute of • International Education in October 2001.

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ncerely, / P 'Sar ey E& Epstein EFTA00187059 Bear, Stearns & Co. 55 Water Street New lila. 10041 WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER Dear Jeffrey: BEAR STEARNS March 12, 1981 The Executive Committee has fully reviewed the matter referred to herein and after extensive deliberation has decided the following:

0187067 Sear, Stearns & Co. 55 Wafer Street 10041 WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER BEAR STEARNS March 18, 1976 Nier Roofing 4050 Atlantic Avenue, Brookl n t JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN (Applicant's Name) ity No.) has applied to us for employment. As a previous employer, we would appreciate your comments. W

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king the numbers earned him a place in the special-products division, where he worked on extremely complex tax-related problems for a select group of Bear Stearns’s wealthiest clients—an elite within the elite—including Seagram CEO Edgar Bronfman. In the spring of 1981 Bronfman made a bid to take over the St. Jo

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in his office. | yerg was a Wall Street outsider. Aq yut, like Epstein. . anted was respect. The other was” th Wall Street’s inner workings. jetg : ar Stearns, fit the bill. { huge. According to Hoffenberg, Epstein handled the attempted take- over of Pan Am—a deal that went sideways almost immediately. :